The project sponsor is an owner-builder-developer who wants to demolish a duplex to build a fourplex. Morris says the mayor is trying to expedite housing in some areas. Mayor wants to encourage development to remove Planning Commission hearings for "this very kind of project" 
A very brief summary: The case involves a permit to legalize an unauthorized unit, add an ADU + horizontal addition, and change the façade. SF Planning initiated a Discretionary Review of this permit application. The Planning Commission then imposed conditions on the permit... 
The first page of the letter says SF has failed to implement required actions 1.2, 1.4, and 1.10 from Housing Policy and Practice Review. SF has also failed to implement housing element action 8.4.5 by July 31. Relevant text attached here. 
Teague says this project started as a HOME-SF project [local density bonus program] originally, and it's not anymore.
Yes, it's the same project that was cut in half from four units to two by Supervisor Preston at a Board of Supervisors appeal hearing!
Mar says it's critical that we pass a compliant housing element to keep millionds of $$$ in affordable housing and local control. "The gauntlet the state has thrown our way is immense, but I'm confident we'll rise to the ocassion."
This hearing comes on the heels of an SF Chronicle story that applications for new housing projects are way down
You may recall this parcel from a couple other meetings I've attended:
She hands the meeting over to Brandon Powell, today's moderator. He introduces the format and says the first question comes from "a special guest" and mentions the one-rebuttal-per-candidate rule for the debate.
Bill Brand says this initiative has been crafted in response to SB 9 and SB 10. He says they're not against development, they're in favor of affordable housing. He asks if Sacramento is better for zoning than local jurisdictions.
There is already some opposition. The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California released a statement which read, in part, "It’s unconscionable for the [seller] to put Japantown in the middle of the homeless program debate." rafu.com/2021/08/jcccnc…
The CEQA outreach process has been going on for a full year at this point 🙃 
Spanish, Cantonese, and Tagalog interpretation will be provided in different Zoom channels. 
Planning Staff says the Housing Accountability Act applies and so findings of health and safety must be made if the project is to be denied. The opponents oppose on the basis of air, light, bulk, and density.
Stuart Eckblad is turning the meeting over to Jason Frantzen with Herzog & de Meuron to discuss design and massing. 
Jacob Noonan with Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development is presenting. The loan will be used by TNDC to acquire the parcel for the development and to perform pre-development activities.
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